Employment Law Update (May 2009)
New National Minimum Wage Rates announced
The Low Pay Commission has announced the rates for the National
Minimum Wage that will apply from 1st October 2009.
The current and new rates are:
|
Age Group
|
Current National Minimum
Wage
|
National Minimum Wage Rate
from 1st October
|
|
22+
|
£5-73
|
£5-80
|
|
18-21
|
£4-77
|
£4.83
|
|
16-17
|
£3-53
|
£3-57
|
The rises equate to increases of 1.2%.
In addition, the government has also confirmed that it intends
to bring 21 year olds into the "adult" rate of the National Minimum
Wage (which currently applies from age 22) from October 2010.